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Maxim Shulga c0b881c1bf docs: add TODO list and settle 2026 park entry rules
Collect the open action items scattered across booking records into
TODO.md, starting with the US$250 nonresident annual pass. Yosemite has
no timed-entry reservation in 2026, and per NPS one nonresident pass
admits the whole vehicle and waives the per-person surcharge at both
parks, so update the parks notes accordingly.
2026-09-16 11:18:15 -07:00

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TODO

Open items before and during the trip. Tick and date when done.

Before departure (Sep 19/20)

  • Buy the US$250 nonresident annual pass — digital, on recreation.gov, before the Sep 22 Yosemite entrance. One pass admits the whole car at Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon and waives the US$100/person nonresident surcharge. Without it: ~US$435 per park, US$870 total. Pass holder must be in the car with photo ID at every gate.
  • KT: complete the LA DTLA online check-in form — Hostaway portal. Entry code is activated only after it's submitted.
  • MS: assign Air Canada seats for the YVR ↔ SFO flights. See flights-ms.md.
  • LK: confirm Budget LAX pickup/return location and price — itinerary 73544810702403. Hertz cancellation refund also TBC.
  • Brand Plaza Glendale room, price and payment TBC.
  • Oct 3 overnight stop on the drive back to SFO — not yet chosen.

Money

  • Watch Visa 3924 for the US$228.43 Gilmore Cabin refund after the Sep 16 date change. Then update the payment row in cabin-sequoia-miramonte.md.

During the trip

  • Sep 23: screenshot the Miramonte door code while there's signal — it arrives 24 h before the Sep 24 check-in; the cabin has no service.
  • Sep 22: save the Yosemite door code 0517 and wifi offline before leaving cell coverage.